MBI Model 30 286
Posted by Cowlouisking@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Hey guys i picked this old model 30 up at the thrift sore for 25$ it powers on and everything but im having trouble playing this game on it. It loads up the install info on A: but when i press enter it gives me a error. Also gives me the error that you see in the 3rd pick once i turn it on. Any helping advice would be nice.
turamdq@reddit
Beautiful MBIm, it's like new
Independent_Shoe3523@reddit
I had that but the computer store put in an 8088 motherboard in it. Totally ripped me off.
Souta95@reddit
IIRC, Epic Pinball requires at least a 386 to run...
The error message looks more like a bad floppy disk or drive, but just tuck that in the back of your head if you get around the disk issue.
Stunning-Produce8581@reddit
Good price for a nice setup! Well done :) I had a couple of these systems with 3,5 inch drives. It seems the alps drives are mostly not working correctly anymore. Sometimes a good clean helps, but it stays a bit “unstable”. I think it is trial and error. Maybe a component is bad. But with the ones I had, one or two really did not work. And the other one sometimes.
They used different brands. I have also one from another brand. That works fine for me. You can even mod an regular 3,5 inch floppy disk. That is maybe a good option if the current one is dead. I won’t buy one from eBay if I where you. Probably they don’t work.
computix@reddit
Often the capacitors on the floppy drives of these machines go bad. You may have to replace them.
Also, this ebay listing for the game shows the box lists a 386 CPU minimum. However, that isn't going to cause a floppy disk read error.
canthearu_ack@reddit
Do other computers you own read the disk properly (or at least play the game)
Likely just a bad 3.5inch floppy. They didn't win the time durability awards.
Could also be bad capacitors on the floppy drive,